Tuesday, November 27, 2012

My market forecast

                                        My market forecast

My market forecast is that in coming days there is going to be the shortage in supply of coconuts . This is based on true facts ---------
Coconut had 3 states  namely tender coconut , ಬಚ್ಚಂಗಾಯಿ , coconut. Monkeys are plucking tender coconuts and throwing them down. The first stage ,itself is disturbed because of monkeys. Assuming that they dont touch tender coconuts, these tender coconuts may have get turned into coconuts .
But now that possibility is less. Hence my market forecast is shortage of supply of coconuts. The monkeys have to be blamed for the shortage.

Who are the twins?

                                        Who are the twins?

This article is based on my knowledge of Ramayan.
King Dasharath had 3 wives , namely Kouslya , Sumitra and Kaikeyi. He had 4 sons namely Ram , Laxman , Bharat and Shatrugna. Its common knowledge that 4 sons from 3 wives that means one of them had twins . Tracking out the incidence -----------
Ram is the only one son of Kousalya .
Bharat is the only one son of Kaikeyi.
That leaves us with only one possibility . Sumitra had twins . They are Laxman and Shatrugna. My doubt is cleared . But usually people get confused that Ram and Laxman as twins. But they are brothers not twins. Laxman had full respect for Ram  that he followed him during Vanavas also.
Bharat eventhough he had crowned king in absence of Ram , he put the footwear of Ram on Simhasan and said Ram is the king. Even he had great respect for Ram. But about Shatrugna, nothing much has been said. He too must have had respect for his brother Ram.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Monkey got a new taste !

                                 Monkey got a new taste !

Our area is full of coconut farms. Monkey trouble is very common nowadays. These monkeys aim for tender coconuts. That also, they half drink it and throw away the shell. When I saw this, I thought what a national waste ! If they want to drink tender coconut like us, we can share with them. But they just drink half of it and throw away.
Yesterday also, in my neighbourhood monkeys climbed the coconut tree and were drinking tender coconuts freely. Our neighbour saw this and he burst crackers in order to make noise. Monkeys will run away fearing for noise. But reverse happened.
Monkey must have got used for this sound. It kept watching as my neighbour burst crackers. It didnt run away. It sat on the tree and after the noise came down, it plucked fresh tender coconut , drank it and threw the coconut shell over neighbour's head ! His destiny was good and he escaped. I kept wondering about intelligence level of monkeys !
As they are coming and drinking tender coconuts daily, now tender coconuts are nil on the tree. Monkey got a new taste nowadays. It is plucking papayas, bananas and whatever it thinks is good for eating. Nothing is left for we, humans. Everything is for them . 

Friday, November 23, 2012

Who reached the moon first?

                                Who reached the moon first?

We all know that Neil Armstrong is the first man to reach moon. It's true . Hence USA is the first country to send a live man on moon.
But the first thing which reached moon is not of USA. It's of USSR . 
It was the time of cold war . Both USA and USSR were the countries who indulged in the competition to prove themselves as best.
USSR was the first one to send unmanned vehicle to moon. Thereby it has planted USSR flag on moon. As the moon is not having any environment,  I guess the flag must be still there.
But now USSR is broken into small countries.  Hence now the word cold war is also obsolete. But USA sent live man on moon because USSR had sent unmanned vehicle on moon.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Planet which revolves around Sun fastly

                                   Planet which revolves around Sun fastly

Mercury is the planet which revolves around Sun fastly.
It is very nearer to Sun. It is the first planet after Sun. It just takes 88 days to complete its one revolution around Sun.
But eventhough , it is nearer to Sun , it is not the hottest planet. It is planet Venus which is the hottest planet because of green house gases.

Story of Pradyumna

                                   Story of Pradyumna

Pradyumna is the son of Shri Krishna and Rukmimi. it is believed that he was the incarnation of Kamadev. the story goes like this -----
In Tetrayug, when God Shiv was in meditation , Kamadev became the barrier for God's meditation. Angrily, Shiv burns Kamadev.
Kamadev's wife Rati, was very sad.  Then Shiv blessed her that in next birth, Kamadev will be the part of God himself ! Likewise, Kamadev in his next birth , was the son of Shri Krishna.
When Pradyumna was a baby, he was abducted by a demon named Sambara. He was then cast into the sea and swallowed by a fish. The fish was caught and was carried to Sambara's house.
In the kitchen, fish was opened and they found a baby inside. He was given to a woman in Sambara's house to raise. Later, woman came to know the true identity of the baby. Pradyumna grew up and battled against Sambara and killed the demon.

ತುಳು ಗಾದೆ

                                       ತುಳು  ಗಾದೆ 

ಪೇರ್ ಗು  ಏತು  ಪೆರ್ಪ್ಪು  ಬೋಡು ? ಇಲ್ಲಗು ಏತು ತೂ  ಬೋಡು ?

ಅನುವಾದ 

ಪೇರ್ = ಹಾಲು
ಏತು  = ಎಷ್ಟು
ಪೆರ್ಪ್ಪು = ಹೆಪ್ಪು
ಬೋಡು = ಬೇಕು
ಇಲ್ಲಗು  = ಮನೆಗೆ
ತೂ  = ಬೆಂಕಿ

ಅರ್ಥ 

ಹಾಲಿಗೆ  ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ( ಒಂದು ಹನಿ ) ಹೆಪ್ಪು ಹಾಕಿದರೂ ಮೊಸರು ತಯಾರು.. ಅಂತೆಯೇ  ಒಂದು ಮನೆ ಹೊತ್ತಿ ಉರಿಯಲು ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಬೆಂಕಿ ಕಿಡಿ ಸಾಕು.
ಅಂತೆಯೇ ನಮ್ಮ ಮಾತು ಹಿತ - ಮಿತ ವಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಚೆನ್ನ. ಮಾತು ಅಂಕೆ ತಪ್ಪಿದರೆ ನಮಗೇ  ತೊಂದರೆ.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The work without thinking aftermath

                                     The work without thinking aftermath

Here is a story which illustrates the result of a work which has been done without thinking aftermath.
There was an elephant passing in the forest. It was in happy mood.  It was doing various tricks with its trunk. Likewise, it was passing happily on the forest street.
There was a sparrow which was preparing to build its nest. It was going to be the proud mother soon. It had its eggs nearby. It was very busy on construction since its old nest was destroyed by the strong wind. It was doing the work so that in the new nest, it can continue the  work of hatching.
Elephant was walking doing tricks with its trunk. Unknowingly, its trunk hit the sparrow who was busy working . Sparrow didnt notice the elephant. Due to the impact of hitting, sparrow lost its balance and fell down and died soon.
Elephant was moved by this sight. Its jolly mood is now turned into a mood of sorrow. Whatever happened, was unexpected. Elephant saw the preparations sparrow was doing. It has figured out that sparrow must be constructing nest. Then as it is also a mother, it searched for children of sparrow.
It saw the eggs. Now , since the mother sparrow died, there is no one to hatch the eggs. Elephant decided it must repair the damage it has caused. Without thinking , it sat on the eggs of sparrow in order to hatch them as it has seen with other birds.
The result ? The eggs are now broken. This happens if we do any work . be it with a good intention , without thinking its aftermath.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Chandrashekhar limit

                                 Chandrashekhar limit

Chandrashekhar limit is the maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star. This limit was predicted by Chandrashekhar in 1930.
White dwarfs , unlike main sequence stars , resist gravitational collapse primarly through electron degeneracy pressure ,rather than the thermal pressure.
The Chandrashekhar limit is the mass above which electron degeneracy pressure in the star's core is insufficient to balance star's own gravitational attraction. The white dwarfs which are having the mass greater than this limit , undergo further gravitational collapse , evolving into neutron stars or black holes. The white dwarfs having the mass under this limit , will remain stable as white dwarfs.
The currently accepted value is
             1.44 M ( 2.864 * 10 ^ 30 kg)
where M= mass of white dwarf

Hardy- Ramanujan number

                                         Hardy- Ramanujan number

Hardy and Ramanujan were the famous mathematicians.  Ramanujan is Indian and since childhood, he had affection for mathematics.
The number is 1729. It is famous because,
1729 = 1^3  +  12 ^3  =  9 ^3 + 10 ^3
The importance of this number first came through the conversation of these two mathematicians. When Hardy had come to visit Ramanujan , he travelled by the taxi numbered 1729. When he had mentioned about this near Ramanujan, he said it is an interesting number.
It is very interesting because it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways as shown above.

Friday, November 16, 2012

Snake darshan

                                Snake darshan

As i was about to close the windows, i heard nightingale singing. Since there stood a huge mango tree near the compound, I figured out that nightingale must be sitting on branches and singing. I  saw it too. It is very shy that it was hiding behind the leaves.
If it would give a nice appearance, I would have taken the photo of it and would show it to everyone. But only sound was coming , no video ! Disheartened I was about to leave, there I saw a snake passing very urgently ! It was dark in complexion , not so long.
I ruled out the possibility of a cobra. Because I have seen mongoose in our garden. There is also one bird called Kuppala in tulu. All are considered enemies of cobras beside humans ! It is method of mother nature for protecting us.
Then there is only one snake which can be seen frequently. It is ಕೇರೆ in Kannada. It is non-poisonous. Hence humans will not harm it. It likes humans as it is frequently found near houses. I counted my friends. I have many friends , every animal who always come and visit me !

Thursday, November 15, 2012

How did Nakul got his name?

                              How did Nakul got his name?

Nakul is the 4th of Pandavas. Pandavas are 5 namely, Yudhistir, Bhim, Arjun, Nakul and Sahadev. Among them, Nakul and Sahadev are twins.
Nakul was considered handsome among all the Pandavas. He got his name because of this. Nakul can be written as Na + Kula meaning no one in the group.
To signify he is handsome among the Pandavas, he is named like that.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Why does it hurt when salt is put on an open wound?

                               Why does it hurt when salt is put on an open wound?

When salt is put on an open wound it hurts or I can say we have a burning sensation. What causes it? The best answer is salt sucks up the moisture around the wound.
Salts are also used as cure for wounds. It hurts because of the heat formed touching our sensitive wound in the salt reaction that kills bacteria.

Story behind Swat valley

                                  Story behind Swat valley

Nowadays, Swat valley of Pakistan is in news. It is because of the girl named Malala , who has taken the courage to break the restrictions posed by Taliban regarding education of girls. Taliban could not stand the opposition put forward by a girl. Finally, they shot her . But she survived. Now regaining her strength in a hospital of London.
But the intention of this article is different. It is about Swat valley. We know that, in older days, Pakistan was the part of India. What was the name of Swat in those days? It was popularly known as SUVASTU in those days. Now it is known as Swat.

Hottest planet of solar system

                                     Hottest planet of solar system

The hottest planet of solar system in planet Venus. It is the second closest planet to Sun. Venus'  mass and volume are quite similar to Earth's.
Venus is the brightest planet, earning it a name of "morning star". Venus atmosphere mostly consists of  ( almost entirely of about 96%) ,carbon di oxide ( CO2) , a green house gas which is responsible for incredibly hot, greater than 400 degree Celsius conditions on Venus , surpassing the melting point of lead. Venus has clouds.
The clouds situated nearly higher about 30 km from the surface , are rich in sulphuric acid . During precipitation , the acid rain evaporates before hitting the ground. If we dont control the rate of emission of CO2 , earth's situation will be similar to Venus.

Why do onions make us cry when chopping them?

                               Why do onions make us cry when chopping them?

When we cut an onion, we have experienced the burning and tearing of eyes, we get from the vapors when cutting. When we cut an onion, we break its cells., releasing their contents. The contents are amino acid sulfoxides which then form sulfenic acids.
The enzymes present in our body are now free to mix with these sulfenic acids to produce propethenoil S-oxide, a volatile sulphur compound. This gas reacts with the water in the tears to form sulphuric acid. The sulphuric acid burns, stimulating eyes to produce more tears to wash the irritant away.
The sulphur containing compounds just like onions, also leave a characteristic odour on fingers.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

How does God Hanuman got his name?

                     How does God Hanuman got his name?

God Hanuman is hailed as an ardent follower of Shri Ram in Hinduism. But how does he got his name? Sanskrit texts give many explanations regarding this.
When Hanuman was born, he was unaware of his ability and strength. As a toddler, he thought the glowing Sun outside on sky , is a mango fruit that he can eat ! As the thought struck him , he readily flied to sky on intention of catching Sun.
Everyone were aware of his divine ability. Everyone were terrified about the outcome. That time, the king of devas, Indra decided to step in. He struck the boy's jaw with his weapon Vajrayudh. Because of this, boy's jaw was disfigured and he fell back to ground.
In Sanskrit, hanu= jaw and man or mant= prominent or disfigured. The name Hanuman or Hanumant thus means that "one with prominent or disfigured jaw.

Why does a coconut shell make sound when thrown into fire?

                              Why does a coconut shell make sound when thrown into fire?

I always wondered why does a coconut shell make sound when thrown into fire? Be it in the houses where we use coconut shells as fuel to boil water and we get hot water to bath.
While in temples too, when performing homa, they offer dry coconut shells to fire. It will make sound as soon as it catches fire.
Wet coconut shells will not be used. Only the dry coconut shells. These shells are porous and because of this, gases are trapped in these . Hence when the shells are thrown to fire, the pressure inside the shell created because of gases, try to escape outside.
Hence, we hear a loud noise . The gases which are trapped inside the shell are responsible for this.

Monday, November 12, 2012

How does a voltage stabilizer work?

                              How does a voltage stabilizer work? 

We use voltage stabilizer in house for tv, fridge etc. But how does it work? It is believed that stabilizers will keep the electronic tools safe from voltage surges. Here is how ------
Electro mechanical regulators usually called voltage stabilizers , have also been used to regulate the voltage on AC distribution lines. These regulators operate by using a servo- mechanism to select the appropriate tap on an auto transformer which has multiple taps.
They do it by moving a wiper on a continuosly variable auto transformer. If the output voltage is not in the acceptable range, the servo mechanism switches connections or moves the wiper to adjust the voltage into the acceptable region.
The controllers provide a dead band wherein the controller will not act, preventing the controller from constantly adjusting the voltage as it varies by an acceptably small account.

Pre-caution steps when the person has epilepsy attack

                  Pre-caution steps when the person has epilepsy attack     

The epilepsy attack to a person is commonly known as fits attack. Though there are medicines available in market, to control the intensity of it , still these patients are considered as the subjects of laughter. People most commonly do unscientific methods while trying to help the victim.
The most common method used by the people , whenever they see a person suffering from fits is they just push some iron materials into his palm. In some places, people hold the shoes near the nostrils of the victim thinking that the step will make him feel better.
But according to medical science, both methods are unscientific. Instead of doing all these, first we must see that victim must not hurt himself. His head must be kept carefully on floor as there are chances that due to impact of falling down, head injury may occur.
If there are furniture s around him, they must be removed or kept in a safe distance. Medical help must be sought as soon as possible.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Tulu names of cities

                                         Tulu names of cities

Undivided Dakshina Kannada district is famous for its worship centres of all religions. The cities known by rest of Kannadigas are having other names in local language Tulu.
Till today, people refer to them by these names. Some cities according to my knowledge------
Kannada name of city                                                    Tulu equivalent name

1. Mangalore ( ಮಂಗಳೂರು  )                                              Kudla
2. Karkala                                                                           Kaarla
3. Manipal                                                                           Manna Palla
4. Udupi                                                                              Vodipu

About nuclear bombs

                        About nuclear bombs

Nuclear bombs work on the principle of nuclear fission reaction. In that reaction, element Thorium plays a key role. Thorium is widely spread in the state of kerala.
It has to be mentioned that first nuclear bomb was made in USA and  it had dropped the first nuclear bomb on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. After that on the city of Nagasaki, another nuclear bomb had been dropped.
Our country, India has also tesated its capability of producing nuclear bombs. India has tested its nuclear bomb in the dessert of Pokhran in Rajasthan.
The radiation level thus emitted is measured in the ubits of Rantzen.

The longest river of south india

                          The longest river of south india

The longest river of south india is Godavari. Krishna river is also among the longest river. Krishna river flows in Maharashtra,Karnataka and Andhra pradesh.
Godavari is also having the name of  moola ganga. Godavari is very ancient. Its birth year dates back to the era when real ganga and also the himalayas were not exist.
Hence the name moola ganga as it is ancient than the north indian ganga river.

Similarity between man and monkey

                              Similarity between man and monkey

As I was away from the house for some time, my friends monkeys were feeling lonely. When I returned to house , I had a nice surprise.
As I was about to enter house, I saw monkeys were sitting on the top of coconut tree. What they were doing? well, they were partying !
Monkeys were very happy that no one is around and they can do as much damage as they can . They were drinking tender coconut. As soon as they saw me, they felt ashamed of themselves !
They didnt run away. They sat on the tree and were giggling at me. As it is diwali time, neighbourhood boys are playing with crackers. For the sound made by crackers, they felt scared  but they didnt forget to complete drinking of tender coconut !
The similarity between man and monkey ? It is the nature of partying  while in happy mood.